India cricket – Sreesanth alleges that Gambhir referred to as him a ‘fixer’
Former India quick bowler S Sreesanth has accused his former team-mate Gautam Gambhir of calling him a “fixer” throughout a Legends League match in Surat. Gambhir is the captain of India Capitals whereas Sreesanth is taking part in for Gujarat Giants within the T20 event.
After the match, which Capitals gained by 12 runs, Sreesanth posted on Instagram a video that was shot on the sidelines of the post-match presentation ceremony. “With none provocation, he saved on calling me one thing which was very impolite and should not have been stated by Mr Gautam Gambhir,” Sreesanth claimed. “I’m not in any respect at fault, I needed to clear the air immediately. The issues he stated on a cricket area reside is just not acceptable.”
Whereas Sreesanth didn’t instantly point out what was allegedly stated to him by Gambhir, he revealed extra particulars in a second video posted on Instagram on Thursday, the day after the match.
“He saved on calling me on reside TV, on the centre wicket, I did not not use a single dangerous phrase, a single abusive phrase to him. I solely stated ‘ what are you saying?'” Sreesanth stated. “In truth I saved laughing in a sarcastic manner, as a result of he saved calling me, ‘ Fixer, fixer, you’re a fixer … f*** off fixer. That is the language he used on reside. I simply moved away however he saved on saying the identical phrases many times. I don’t know why he began it. It was the top of the over … no concept what made him say it.”
Sreesanth was one among three Rajasthan Royals gamers to be banned from cricket for his involvement within the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal. In 2019, the Supreme Court docket had set his sentence apart, which prompted the BCCI to scale back Sreesanth’s ban to seven years, a interval that resulted in September 2020.
Sreesanth performed 90 worldwide video games for India throughout codecs between the years 2005 and 2011, and Gambhir was his team-mate within the XI for 49 of these video games. They have been a part of India’s title-winning groups within the 2007 T20 World Cup and the 2011 ODI World Cup.
